Arabic for comprehend

tafahhama
ﺗَﻔَﻬَّﻢَ
comprehend – past tense he
yatafahhamu
ﻳَﺘَﻔَﻬَّﻢُ
comprehend – present tense he

The Arabic verb for comprehend is written ﺗَﻔَﻬَّﻢَ and pronunced tafahhama in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺘَﻔَﻬَّﻢُ and pronounced yatafahhamu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word comprehend consists of three Arabic letters: fa that is written and pronounced f, ha that is written and pronounced h and mim that is written and pronounced m. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to comprehend

All letters in comprehend

ﺗَﻔَﻬَّﻢَ
ﺗـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻬـ
ـﻢ
 
ﺗـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻬـ
ـﻢ
 
ﺗـ
ـﺘـ
ـﺖ
ﻓـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻒ
ﻫـ
ـﻬـ
ـﻪ
ﻣـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻢ
 
ta
t
fa
f
ha
h
mim
m
 
 
The Arabic word for comprehend consists of: The letter ta that is written ﺕ ( here ﺗـ ) and pronounced t. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter fa that is written ﻑ ( here ـﻔـ ) and pronounced f and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter ha that is written ﻩ ( here ـﻬـ ) and pronounced h and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter mim that is written ﻡ ( here ـﻢ ) and pronounced m and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﺗَﻔَﻬَّﻢَ and pronounced tafahhama.
Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for comprehend

tafa33ala becomes tafahhama

We have seen that the Arabic word for comprehend is written ﺗَﻔَﻬَّﻢَ and pronounced tafahhama. It follows the pattern verb form 5. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure tafa33ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is tafa33ala and the root letters are f, h and m, the word becomes tafahhama.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns

Words with the same pattern as comprehend

Conjugations of comprehend

past tense
present tense
he
tafahhama
ﺗَﻔَﻬَّﻢَ
he - past tense
yatafahhamu
ﻳَﺘَﻔَﻬَّﻢُ
he - present tense
she
tafahhamat
ﺗَﻔَﻬَّﻤَﺖ
she - past tense
tatafahhamu
ﺗَﺘَﻔَﻬَّﻢُ
she - present tense
I
tafahhamtu
ﺗَﻔَﻬَّﻤﺖُ
I - past tense
'atafahhamu
ﺃَﺗَﻔَﻬَّﻢُ
I - present tense